The weather from Texas has arrived here in Alabama, and the monsoon rains are falling. Every gardener, Southern or not, knows that rainwater is better than tap water. The plants in the yard are growing like crazy. Plants go a little nuts in ordinary dirt, but most Southerners that live...

Yep. It’s May 2nd, and a lovely weekend here in Northeast Alabama. The birds are singing, and the flowers are blooming all over the place. Some new plants have budded and bloomed since the last two rainy weeks, so I loaded the bird feeder up with seed, and took a stroll around the...

Let’s face it, y’all: The politics of the day is kind of depressing. After spending some time looking around the internet, I just couldn’t take it anymore. I took a short nap with the kitty, and headed outside as soon as I got up. My aunt, Alda, wanted me to document...

It’s been raining for forty days and forty nights here in ‘Bama. If I knew where to find a lumberyard full of gopher wood, and if I could find a ruler that measures in cubits, I’d be building an ark. The flowers and the weeds, though, are loving all this wet stuff. I...